Phantasm: Ravager

Phantasm: Ravager (2016)

The final game now begins.

Brothers Mike and Jody join family friend Reggie to battle the Tall Man and his evil minions from another dimension, for the final time.

Date of release
2016-10-07
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (196)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Horror, Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction
Director
David Hartman
Collection
Phantasm Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Phantasm: Ravager is a 2016 American science fantasy action horror film directed by David Hartman, who co-wrote it with Don Coscarelli. The film stars A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister in his final appearance as Reggie, and Angus Scrimm in his final appearance as the Tall Man. It serves as a sequel to Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) and is the fifth and final installment in the Phantasm franchise.

Production

In 2004, six years after the release of Phantasm IV: Oblivion, series director Don Coscarelli told Fangoria: "I'd also still like to do another Phantasm film. Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm are still in great shape and raring to go."

In March 2005, Coscarelli was in the final stages of talks with New Line Cinema to produce a new entry. A reported wrote the new film was "being developed as a relaunch and as a possible trilogy about Mike's coming of age". This version never came to fruition.

Rumors about a sequel were reignited in June 2007 by footage contained in Don Coscarelli's Farewell to the Alamo Drafthouse, featuring Angus Scrimm and A. Michael Baldwin in their roles. In an interview, Reggie Bannister stated there was no activity or development of a fifth film but that anything was possible in the future.

In June 2012, rumors again surfaced that Coscarelli would begin a new Phantasm sequel. According to a report on Dread Central, the script was completed and filming would begin later in the year. Coscarelli disputed this claim, publicly stating: "I have no solid news to report on a new project now." He was being coy with film news sites.

On March 26, 2014, news of Phantasm: Ravager's completion was released via various film news sites. The next day, a trailer debuted on the film's official site. In a 2014 "sneak peek" video preview on the official Phantasm website, director Hartman mentioned : "This thing is going to be in the can 2015... for sure." By October 2015, Ravager was completed and awaited a distributor.

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